Classification | Cru Classe |
Type | Red |
Brand | Antinori |
Vintage | 2001 |
Country | Italy |
Region | Tuscany |
Grape | Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Sangiovese |
Volume | 0,75 |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Drinkable | -2020 |
Stock | 0 |
Condition | Base of neck |
Label | Perfect |
Condition | Base of neck |
Label | Slightly bin stained |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
Condition | Perfect |
Label | Perfect |
The 2001 Tignanello is an object lesson in how to make Cabernet work with Sangiovese, the two varieties balancing and enhancing one another in admirable symbiosis. (The percentage of Cabernet, in fact, was reduced from the previous 20% to 15% in this vintage, an important sign - I hope - of how the wind is blowing.) A blackish ruby, its perfectly focused plum and cassis fruit, given an additional complexity by notes of sweet herbs and saddle leather, is fully and completely shaped in flavors of impeccable volume, roundness, and depth, caressing and powerful and with an additional power on the close which promises another 15 years of gratifying drinking.
Loads of blackberry, coffee and olive aromas. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, subtle yet rich finish. A fine Tignanello that shows reserve and class.